Devin Royal transferring from Ohio State: 3 quick thoughts on departure
Devin Royal will play his senior season somewhere other than Ohio State. Here are three quick thoughts on his decision.
The first offseason domino has fallen for the Ohio State men’s basketball team. When the transfer portal officially opens April 7, Devin Royal’s name will be entered after three seasons with the Buckeyes . On March 29, a little more than a week after he had 14 points and five rebounds in a 66-64 loss to TCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, The Dispatch confirmed Royal’s intention to enter the portal and play his final season of college basketball somewhere else.
In three years at Ohio State , Royal averaged 10. 6 points, 4. 9 rebounds and one assist while playing in 96 games, including 59 starts.
A reserve player as a freshman, Royal’s role steadily grew in each subsequent season. Now he’ll play one more year of basketball somewhere else as the first player from 2025-26 to make his intentions known. Here are three quick thoughts on Royal’s decision to leave Ohio State: For Devin Royal, the move to small forward was a mixed success In an effort to get bigger across the board and also grow Royal’s overall game, the Buckeyes moved him from power to small forward for the 2025-26 season.
Doing so allowed him to start alongside either Brandon Noel or Amare Bynum, both of whom are listed at 6 feet 8, 240 pounds, with 7-foot, 240-pound center Christoph Tilly down low. That extra size with Royal on the wing also was hoped to help compensate for a prolific backcourt that nevertheless wasn’t the biggest with Bruce Thornton (6-2, 215 pounds) and John Mobley Jr. (6-2, 185 pounds).
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